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Search our extensive curated collection of more than ten thousand poems by occasion (Autumn to Easter, Veterans Day to Valentine’s Day, etc.), theme (love, nature, sports, etc.), and form (sonnets, haiku, etc.), or search by keyword or poet’s name in the field below.

Title Author Year
Wait Until It Grows Roots Tarfia Faizullah 2025
Memory of France Carlie Hoffman 2024
First Time Brushing Teeth Next to You Aimee Nezhukumatathil 2024
[A rose has thorns as well as honey,] Christina Rossetti 1872
A Distant Song John Gould Fletcher 1913
I Sing What You Loved Gabriela Mistral 2003
Kumulipo Queen Liliʻuokalani 1897
Revolutionary Letter #2 Diane di Prima 1971
I wanted to be surprised. Jane Hirshfield 2020
Sonnet to Liberty Oscar Wilde 1881
The School of Night & Hyphens Chen Chen 2017
Watershed Tracy K. Smith 2017
Disarming of Shadow, Arming of Light Rachel Eliza Griffiths 2015
Magdalene Marie Howe 2013
Lament for the Makaris William Dunbar 1460
A Litany Gregory Orr 2002
Mirabeau Bridge Guillaume Apollinaire 1995
Stanzas Emily Brontë 1846
I Come to See for Myself Nancy Mercado 2024
The Crying of Water Arthur Symons 1901

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